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Shakespeare once wrote, “If music be the food of love, play on.” Well, if UIC Radio is the heart of music on campus, I thought it only appropriate to ignite the hearts of our readers with the original music: poetry. Bloggers and DJs from all corners of UIC Radio have bared their hearts in glorious verse and chosen to share it for your enjoyment. Valentine’s Day means many things to many people, so we hope you find some sort of comfort in our words.
~ Sheri ♡
I Vow to Never Fall in Love Again
I vow to never fall in love again.
Married to the idea that I must abstain.
Can’t go down that aisle.
Don’t fall for that smile.
I just need to get out of my head.
Betrothed to no one, enough said.
Mistakes were made.
Will heartaches fade?
Looking back, I realize
I tend to idealize
Concepts of partners all in my brain,
Until turmoil causes drain.
I fall for the idea of a person,
Letting my concept of love worsen,
When I open my eyes to their sin.
But it was I, who let them in.
This is why I vow to never fall in love again.
…
Here I find myself
Doing it all over again.
Falling for another idea of love in my brain.
This time, I swear it’s different!
They are different from the rest!
Oh, why, oh why, will I always fail this test?
Testing my constitution
To see if I won’t pay the toll.
But take up chance with dice: let ’em roll.
Will it be more heartbreak?
Probably, but I won’t listen.
Not when they have entered my nervous system.
Their smile is enrapturing, beckoning my soul.
Their personality is enthralling.
My heartbreak is stalling.
I want to be with them.
They seem perfect in my eyes.
Which is clearly danger in disguise.
I want to cheer them up when they’re down.
I want to hold them so tight.
I want to talk hours, upon hours into the night.
Riding this high, up to the sky.
Two heartbreaks were not enough for me.
Oh well, why not make it three?
My enemy is no one but me.
Brain must take all the blame.
Whenever the fire starts, I must douse the flame.
Once more, I vow to never love again.
by Maxxwell Guffey
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Hourglass kiss
I shattered the hour glass
Hours and days of waiting was pointless
As I wanted you as you were in those everlasting seconds
The way your eyes gazed into mine
The soft and shimmering reflection of light
Of the small portals
Put me into a blissful trance
I could wait for one kiss
As one waits to see a rainbow
After a booming reverberating storm
I’ve thought about an image
A mere picture of us upon a maroon bridge
The shimmering deep river below us
As we sank slowly into one another
And the pillowy sand of the hourglass
Had poured into the flowing river
The river being my sanctuary of tenderness
by Margarita Mejia
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Something I’d Write If I Had Feelings and Emotions
I hear you
in the distance
a birds morning song
a song of longing
I hear you
a drum in my chest
a hollowed out space
just for you
I see you
in stolen glances
and
stranger’s smiles
I see you
on blank canvases
and empty pages
I see you
always
by Anonymous
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the most person i know
weighed down by words
crushing my heart that’s
three sizes too big
i unravel them onto
your doorstep
a crushed cig
love, redacted
life starts anew
a glance
a glimpse
a smile
my life is filled with you
by nate
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Garland of lights
i seep into the earth rolling around it as
each blade caresses each crevice
and brushes each edge of my body
the warmth of your breathing vessel
transcends me into surreality
like the dandelion seeds that levitate off
their grassy straw-shaped stems
the night time embraces me
and carries your lingering scent
i pluck off the stars that decorate the sky
placing them onto a chain
shaping them into a contiguous necklace
i lay them in a delicate manner on your collarbone
and it glows during the evenings
that i smile at the thought of your presence
by Margarita Mejia
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